Raising boys' achievement

By Mike Younger, M. Warrington, Jonathan Gray. 2005

147 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Safety Research

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In Gender Studies

1. D. Myhill
2. H. Leith
3. Colette Gray
4. Susan Jones

In Safety Research

1. Sarah P. McGeown

Citations in the corpus

• ‘She doesn't shout at no girls’: pupils' perceptions of gender equity in the classroom (2006, background): “Pickering (1997) suggests that teachers are more likely to see boys behaving badly and girls behaving well, regardless of what is actually happening in the classroom.”
• Perpetuating gender stereotypes in the classroom: a teacher perspective (2004, background): “Equally, boys’ lack of conformity is considered more interesting than girls’ concern with doing the right thing (Barber, 1994; Pickering, 1997).”
• Gender Differences in Reading Motivation: Does Sex or Gender Identity Provide a Better Account?. (2012, background): “Projects put into place to raise boys’ attainment, for example, The Raising Boys Achievement Project (Department of Education and Skills, 2002) have recognised that boys’ low motivation creates a barrier to their academic attainment, particularly in certain academic areas (e.g. literacy).”